2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game
The 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and the Eastern Washington Eagles. It was played on January 7, 2011, at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas. The culminating game of the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season, it was won by Eastern Washington, 20–19. This was the first FCS (formerly Division I-AA) title game played in Frisco, after the prior 13 editions had been contested at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. With the tournament field expanded from 16 to 20 teams, this was also the first time for the title game to be contested in January. Teams The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 2010 FCS Playoffs, which began with a 20-team bracket. This was the first season of 20 teams in the tournament field; it had been 16 teams since 1986. Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Delaware finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (6–2 in conference). As th ...
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Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Most of its members are public universities, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond. The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of four schools in the Northeast (of five that joined from rival conference America East) after the turn of the 21st century, which added geographic balance to the conference. The CAA was founded in 1979 as the ECAC South basketball league. It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports (although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports). As of 2006, it organizes championships in 21 men's and women's sports. The addition of Northeastern University in 2005 gave the conference the NCAA minimum of six football programs needed to sponsor football. ...
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee's fourth-largest city and one of the two principal cities of East Tennessee, along with Knoxville. It anchors the Chattanooga metropolitan area, Tennessee's fourth-largest metropolitan statistical area, as well as a larger three-state area that includes Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia, and Northeast Alabama. Chattanooga was a crucial city during the American Civil War, due to the multiple railroads that converge there. After the war, the railroads allowed for the city to grow into one of the Southeastern United States' largest heavy industrial hubs. Today, major industry that drives the economy includes automotive, advanced manufacturing, food and beverage production, healthcare, insurance, tourism, and back office ...
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Pat Devlin (American Football)
Patrick Ryan Devlin (born April 12, 1988) is a former NFL quarterback. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He started at quarterback for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens of the University of Delaware. He was recruited to play for the Penn State Nittany Lions out of Downingtown East High School. Having set the Pennsylvania high school career passing yards record with 8,162 career yards, Devlin was a highly touted recruit. Devlin played two seasons at Penn State before deciding to transfer to Delaware. College career Penn State 2007 After redshirting the 2006 season, Devlin was listed as the third-string quarterback behind Anthony Morelli and Daryll Clark in 2007. Devlin saw action in games against Florida International, Wisconsin, and Temple, but accumulated few statistics. 2008 In the weeks leading up to the start of the 2008 season, controversy swirled around the Nittany Lions' starting quarterback position. Daryll Clark, the more exper ...
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Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington ( Lenape: ''Paxahakink /'' ''Pakehakink)'' is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. Wilmington was named by Proprietor Thomas Penn after his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister during the reign of George II of Great Britain. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 70,898. The Wilmington Metropolitan Division, comprising New Castle County, Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland and Salem County, New Jersey, had an estimated 2016 population of 719,887. Wilmington is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan statistical area, which also includes Philadelphia, Reading, Camden, and other urban are ...
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The News Journal
''The News Journal'' is the main newspaper for Wilmington, Delaware, and the surrounding area. It is headquartered in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near New Castle, and is owned by Gannett. History The ancestry of the News Journal reflects the mergers of several newspapers. It is dated to Oct. 1, 1866 when Howard M. Jenkins and Wilmer Atkinson started the afternoon publication ''Daily Commercial''. In 1877, that paper was absorbed into a rival, the ''Every Evening'', founded by Georgetown native William T. Croasdale. The ''Evening Journal'', later owned by the Du Pont family, was founded in 1888 as a competitor to the Every Evening. The two papers merged in 1933. Another predecessor to the News Journal was the ''Morning Herald'', founded in 1876 by Philadelphia lawyer John O'Byrne. It later became the Daily Morning News, bought by Alfred I. Du Pont in 1911. For most of the 20th century, the Du Pont family owned these two Delaware newspapers, ''The Morning News' ...
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Brandon Kaufman
Brandon Kaufman (born October 26, 1990) is a former American and Canadian football wide receiver, and Australian rules football player. Kaufman was a three-year player at Eastern Washington University. In 2010, as a sophomore he had 15 touchdowns, the second-most in school history, to help lead the school to the 2010 NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision National Championship. In 2012, he set the FCS single-season receiving yards record, recording 93 receptions for 1,850 yards and 16 touchdowns. He was a two-time Football Championship Subdivision All-American. He declared early for the 2013 NFL draft. He signed with the Buffalo Bills as a free agent on April 29, 2013. Early life and prep career Kaufman is Jewish, the son of Steve and Rhonda Kaufman. He was born in Denver, Colorado. Kaufman attended Heritage High School in Littleton, Colorado, graduating in 2009. He competed in track, running 100 meters in 10.8 seconds. He also played basketball for the school, ...
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2010 Villanova Wildcats Football Team
The 2010 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by 26th year head coach Andy Talley and played their home games at Villanova Stadium in Villanova, Pennsylvania. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in CAA play. Schedule References Villanova Villanova Wildcats football seasons Villanova Villanova Wildcats football The Villanova Wildcats football program represents Villanova University in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, known as Division I-AA until 2006). The Wildcats compete in the Colonial Athletic Association for football only. ...

2010 North Dakota State Bison Football Team
The 2010 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bison were led by eighth-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–5 overall and 4–4 in MVFC play to finish tied for third place. They received an at-large qualifier bid into the FCS playoffs, their first FCS playoff bid in school history since moving to Division I in 2004 and being eligible for the playoffs in 2008. The Bison were not expected to make the playoffs but managed enough votes to get in. NDSU punched above their seeding when then beat Robert Morris, 43–17, in the First Round and knocked off #4 Montana State in the Second Round, 42–17. In the Quarterfinals, the Bison lost on a last second fumble against #5 seeded Eastern Washington, 38–31, in overtime during a snowy game in Spokane, Washington. The ...
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2010 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Football Team
The 2010 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Tony Samuel, the Redhawks compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, winning the OVC title. Southeast Missouri State received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Redhawks lost in second round to the eventual national champion, Eastern Washington. The team played home games at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. 2006 was the first and only winning season in Samuel's tenure as Southeast Missouri State's head coach. It was also the Redhawks's first winning season since 2002 and first-ever FCS playoff appearance. Schedule Personnel Coaching staff References {{2010 Division I FCS playoff navbox Southeast Missouri State Southeast Missouri State Redhawks foo ...
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2010 Nevada Wolf Pack Football Team
The 2010 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by Chris Ault in his 26th overall and 7th straight season since taking over as head coach for the third time in 2004. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium and were members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They finished the regular season 12–1 and 7–1 in WAC play to share the conference championship with Boise State and Hawaii. They were invited to the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl where they defeated Boston College 20–13 to finish the season with a 13–1 record. Schedule Rankings Personnel Depth chart Game summaries Eastern Washington Colorado State California at BYU at UNLV San Jose State at Hawaii Utah State ...
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2010 Georgia Southern Eagles Football Team
The 2010 Georgia Southern Eagles team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Eagles were led by first-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10–5, 5–3 in Southern Conference play. Schedule References Georgia Southern Georgia Southern Eagles football seasons Georgia Southern Georgia Southern Eagles football The Georgia Southern Eagles football program represents Georgia Southern University in football as part of the Sun Belt Conference. The current head coach is Clay Helton. The Eagles have won six FCS (I-AA) national championships and have produce ...